#AUTHOR
                    SUTCLIFF, ROSEMARY (1920-    )

A2339   ADAMSON, LYNDA GOSSETT.  "A Content Analysis of Values in
           Rosemary Sutcliff's Historical Fiction for Children."  Ph.D. disserta
           tion, University of Maryland, 1981, 176 pp., DA 42:3475A.
                Concludes that Sutcliff's characters demonstrate values important
           to Western contemporary society and that the complexity of the val
           ues underscores the complexity of character development achieved by
           Sutcliff.

A2340   COLWELL, EILEEN H.  "Rosemary Sutcliff--Lantern Bearer."  Horn
           Book 36 (June 1960):200-205.
              Praises Sutcliff for her ability as a storyteller and for her
           meticulous research, memorable characters, and sense of place. Her
           ability to "bring history to life" makes her a "lantern bearer."

A2341   CROUCH, MARCUS.  The Nesbit Tradition, pp. 63-66.
              Admires Sutcliff's ability to make the reader feel and see the
           past.  Considers The Mark of the Horse Lord her "grimmest" and
           "potentially her finest" book.

A2342   DUFF-STEWART, CHRISTINA.  "More Songs Tomorrow."  Junior
           Bookshelf 28 (November 1964):279-84.
              "In Rosemary Sutcliff's trilogy The Lantern Bearers, Sword at
           Sunset, and Dawn Wind we have a superb example of that best of all
           historical fiction in which the past illumines the present."

A2343   -----.  "Scarlet On The Loom."  Junior Bookshelf 23 (November
           1959):253-62.
              Summarizes the plots of Sutcliff's books, but also offers insights
           into her development as a writer and her techniques of writing his
           torical fiction.

A2344   GARD, ROGER.  "Rosemary Sutcliff's Dawn Wind."  Use of English 21
           (Summer 1970):317-21.
              Analyzes Sutcliff's ability to create an "internal sense of the past"
           and to "get inside the minds of her remote heroes."  Points out her
           complex and consciously shaped patterns.

A2345   INGLIS, FRED.  Promise of Happiness, pp. 217-21.
              Although he does not discuss Sutcliff's works in detail here,
           Inglis comments on her love of the English landscape and her roman
           cing, her "lamenting the age of chivalry and its demise."
           She seems to
           say "that the individual spirit will survive the loss of nation, family,
           tribe, or regiment."

A2346   -----.  "Reading Children's Novels:  Private Culture and the Politics of
           Literature."  Ideology and the Imagination, pp. 122-39. (Also in CLE,
           o.s., no. 5 [July 1971]:60-75 and in Fox, Writers, Critics, and
           Children, pp. 157-73.)
              Examines Sutcliff's novels as a means to demonstrate how she
           exemplifies "the ideology and system of myths scattered less intelli
           gently and less boldly through the works of her contemporaries."
           Examines her prose, characters, structures, images, values, and
           politics.

A2347   JONES, CORNELIA, and WAY, OLIVIA R.  British Children's Authors,
           pp. 146-54.
              In an interview Sutcliff discusses her background, philosophy, and
           method of working.  Includes an annotated bibliography of her
           works.

A2348   MARDER, JOAN V.  "The Historical Novels of Rosemary Sutcliff."
           Use of English 20 (Autumn 1968):10-13.  (Reprinted in Butts, Good
           Writers, pp. 138-40.)
              Provides a brief introduction to Sutcliff's historical fiction and
           her development as a writer.  Includes a bibliography of her books.

A2349   MEEK, MARGARET.  Rosemary Sutcliff.  New York:  Henry Z.
           Walck; London:  Bodley Head, 1962, 72 pp.
              Provides biographical background, discusses Sutcliff's methods of
           working and her development as a writer, and finally concentrates on
           her central themes and their interest to today's young people.
           Includes Sutcliff's bibliography for The Lantern Bearers, and a list of
           her books.

A2350   POTTER, ELIZABETH.  "Eternal Relic:  A Study of Setting in Rose
           mary Sutcliff's Dragon Slayer."  ChLAQ 10 (Fall 1985):108-10.
              Praises Sutcliff's use of setting as a source of symbolism in her
           retelling of Beowulf.

A2351   RYAN, J.S.  "Romance Blighted but Pain Vanquished:  Or, the Making
           of Rosemary Sutcliff."  Orana 19 (August 1983):61-67.
              Responds to Sutcliff's memoir Blue Hills Remembered.

A2352   "Search for Selfhood:  The Historical Novels of Rosemary Sutcliff." TLS,
           17 June 1965, p. 498.  (Reprinted in Egoff, Only Connect, 1st ed.,
           pp. 249-55.)
              Traces Sutcliff's development as a writer and concludes: "The
           Mark of the Horse Lord shows the coming-of-age of Miss Sutcliff's
           hero and the total assurance of the writing indicate an author fully
           in command of her power."

A2353   SUTCLIFF, ROSEMARY.  "Combined Ops."  Junior Bookshelf 24 (July
           1960):121-27.  (Reprinted in Egoff, Only Connect, 1st ed., pp.
           244-48; 2d ed., pp. 284-88.)
              Describes the process of writing Eagle of the Ninth and The
           Lantern Bearers.

A2354   -----.  "Thank-You Address to the Children's Literature Association in
           Ann Arbor, Michigan, 19th May 1985 upon Receipt of the Phoenix
           Award."  ChLAQ 10 (Winter 1986):176.
              Sutcliff's response to the awarding of the first Phoenix Award to
           The Mark of the Horse Lord.  Discusses the book.

A2355   TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE.  Sense of Story, pp. 193-203.
              Discusses the entire body of Sutcliff's work, its themes and
           characteristics, without discussing any particular book at length.  Sees
           her work as rooted in myth, legend, and saga.  Her great themes are
           "death and rebirth as a condition of continuance of life."  Maintains
           that "the past comes out of her pages alive and breathing and now."

A2356   WEBER, ROSEMARY.  "A Second Look:  Dawn Wind."  Horn Book 55
           (June 1979):335-36.
              Maintains that in Dawn Wind Sutcliff has created memorable
           characters not overshadowed by the themes and scenes.

A2357   WINTLE, JUSTIN, and FISHER, EMMA.  Pied Pipers, pp. 182-91.
              Sutcliff discusses her life and work in an interview.

A2358   WRIGHT, HILARY.  "Shadows on the Downs:  Some Influences of
           Rudyard Kipling on Rosemary Sutcliff."  CLE, n.s. 12, no. 2 (Sum
           mer 1981):90-102.
              Sees in both Sutcliff and Kipling a common theme:  the "conflict
           of duty and inclination," but where "Kipling is detached and objec
           tive, she is involved and subjective."

A2359   YOUNG, CAROL C.  "Good-bye to Camelot."  English Journal 74
           (February 1985):54-58.
              Examines Rosemary Sutcliff's "jarringly different version of the
           Arthurian adventures," as presented in The Sword and the Circle, in
           the context of American traditions and beliefs regarding Camelot.